Improved sad-iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEC JOEL WTEBSTER, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

lMPROVED SAD-IRON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37, l 1S, datedDecember 9, 1862.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, JOEL WEBSTER, of the city of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sadlrons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, likeletters in the several figures indicating the same parts, and in whichdrawings- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved sad-iron;Fig. 2, a view part in elevation and part in longitudinal section, andFig. 3 a transverse sectional view of the wooden holder.7

The object of my invention is the construction ot' a sad-iron whichreadily admits of the detachment of its handle from its main body orportion at the moment the latter is placed in position upon a heatedstove-plate or elsewhere, under circumstances where it is desirable forthe operator to suddenly withdraw his hand from such locality. It alsohas for its object the adaptation of a single handle to any given numberot' the main bodies or portions ot' sad-irons, so that one may be usedwhile others are being heated, the same handle being used with them all.It also has for its object the automatic attachment of the handle to themain portion of the sad-iron.

As shown in the figures, the main body A ot the sad-iron is constructedin general form and outline the saine as the ordinary sad' iron, withthe exception of a catch, b, near its front portion or extremity, andwith sockets c and c formed in the body A to receive the lower ends, dd, ot' the uprights or pillars E and E of the sad-iron holder, asclearly shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends ot' the pillars E and E areprovided with shoulders j', let into the wooden handle G, one at eachend, the pillar E being secured to its end of the handle Gby a screw,j",as shown, while the shoulder ot' the pillar E is permitted to enter acircular cavity, h, formed central and longitudinal of the woodenholder, as indicated, and in such position the upper ends of the pillarsare permanently and securely held by the screw-rod H, as represented.The pillars E and E', as at i, are each provided with projections, whichsustain a heatshield, L, oi' metal, its upper surface being providedwith a felt covering,

7c', to more eft'ectually protect the hand of the operator from the heatof the main portion A of the sad-iron, said metal shield 7c being heldin position by screws W, passing through it and the projections i1', asshown, thus also serving the purpose of holding the lower portions ofthe uprights E and E in proper re lation to each other when withdrawnfrom the main portion A. Forward of the pillar E, and pivoted thereto,as at Z, I provide a thumblever, as at M, its lower extremityterminating in a catch, p, to engage, as occasion may require, with thecatch b. The upper end of this lever extends up a short distance abovethe wooden holder G, and terminates in a circular socket, p', which ismade to contain a plug of cork, as at p2. This lever is also providedwith and permanently attached to a rod, m, which passes through theshoulder j' of the upright E and enters the opening or circular apertureh in the handle G, as shown, and which rod is so surrounded by acoilspring, and actuated thereby, that when the rod is forced forward orout ot' the handle G, as shown in Fig. 2, the tension of the coil willact to return the rod and the thumb-lever m to the position they occupyin Fig. 1. Supposing that it is desirable to remove the handle G,uprights E E', and their attachments altogether from contact with thepart A, the operator, having grasped the handle, as rep` resented inFig. 2, can, by the simple thrust of his thumb, as shown in last-namedfigure, effect the disengagement of the catches b and p, whereupon thelower extremities ot' the pillars E and E can readily be lifted out oi'their sockets c c.

It is obvious that a connection may readily be effected between the partA and the sadiron holder by tirst inserting the extremity d' of thepillar E into its socket c', and thereupon forcing down the forwardportion of the holder, so that the part d shall enter its socket c atthe same time the catch p of the thumblever M is pressed down past thecatch b ot' the part A, thus bringing all the parts of the implementinto the condition and relation shown in Fig. 1.

By the means l have described I am enabled to effect, instantaneously,the connection of the holder with the heated portion A, or itsdisconnection therefrom; and by constructing sad-irons as described anynumber ot' the parts A can be used successively with but a Having thusdescribed my invention, what single holder. It will be seen that byextend- I cla-im as my invention, and desire to secure ing thethumb-lever M slightly above the by Letters Patent, is

Wooden portion G, and providing it with a The thumb-lever M, incombination with the cork, p', or other non-heat-condueting subuprightsE and E and main portion A, substnce, the operator can, by the simpleltrticstantially as described.

ulation of his thumb, effect the disconnection JOEL WEBSTER. describedWithout removing his hand from its Witnesses clasp upon the part G, andthat, too, Without J. G. MORGAN,

incurring the danger of burning the hand. C. H. TONGER.

